Design Museum's Cycle Revolution exhibition celebrates bicycle design
A new exhibition at London's Design Museum explores contemporary bike design, from Olympic-winning sports models to compact city cycles (+ slideshow). More
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"Open-plan living was so last decade"
Comments update: is the trend for open-plan living coming to an end? Readers discussed the changing tastes in residential design after we reported that families are demanding more privacy in their homes. More
Dezeen is nine: happy birthday to us!
Today is Dezeen's ninth birthday! London-based illustrator Daniel Frost created this image to help us celebrate. More
PLP Architecture unveils "genuinely affordable" co-living skyscraper for London
PLP Architecture has revealed plans to build a high-rise housing block in London's Stratford, containing homes modelled on student accommodation. More
Doppler Labs' in-ear listening system features a remote control for your ears
Wearable technology company Doppler Labs has developed a set of wireless earbuds that connect with a smartphone app to augment the user's real-world audio experience. More
Herzog & de Meuron designs "curvaceous and sexy" apartments on New York's Hudson
Herzog & de Meuron has designed a curving white concrete apartment block for New York's West Village, the latest in its ongoing collaboration with developer Ian Schrager. More
Spark designs model for Asian retirement communities that double as city farms
World Architecture Festival 2015: architecture firm Spark has unveiled its concept for "the next generation of retirement housing" – a community of homes and health facilities combined with a vertical urban farm (+ slideshow). More
Giulio Iacchetti's minimal Neri pens and pencils are operated by brass dials
With Apple trying to convert creatives to its digital pencil, Italian designer Giulio Iacchetti is hoping to prove there's life yet in graphite with these mechanical writing tools. More
Bamboo playhouse by Eleena Jamil built on a lake island in Kuala Lumpur's botanical gardens
Malaysian architect Eleena Jamil has built a bamboo pavilion in Kuala Lumpur's botanical gardens, featuring tree-like columns and a floor made up of 31 elevated platforms (+ slideshow). More
B29 creates "James Bond super garage" in Switzerland for a royal client
Two giant lifts are concealed in the base of this garage in Switzerland, providing access to a secret underground space where a member of a royal family stores vintage cars and motorcycles (+ slideshow). More
KGoal Boost is a pelvic training tracker to help men improve their orgasms
San Francisco start up Minna Life has launched a portable device that men can sit on to exercise their pelvic muscles and "amplify their sexual fitness" (+ slideshow). More
De Rosee Sa builds "strangely familiar" black cabin beside a lake in rural Belgium
Described by architecture studio De Rosee Sa as a "magical lakeside cabin", this small black hut in Belgium shares many characteristics with the witch's houses found in fairytales (+ movie). More
"World's lightest" folding bicycle weighs less than the average watermelon
London startup the Hummingbird Bike Company has designed a folding carbon-fibre bike that weighs just 6.5 kilograms. More
Schmidt Hammer Lassen completes headquarters for the International Criminal Court
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has completed a new building for the International Criminal Court in the Hague, featuring chequerboard facades that create shifting patterns of light and shadow (+ slideshow). More
Inaugural Dubai Design Week will "open doors" for the design industry in the region
Movie: Cyril Zammit of Art Dubai explains how the inaugural Dubai Design Week aims to establish the city as a global design centre, in the first movie from a series produced by Dezeen for Dubai Design Week. More
Enzo Mari grants Berlin refugee organisation rights to reproduce his furniture
Modernist designer Enzo Mari has given Berlin-based CUCULA the rights to redesign and sell his Autoprogettazione furniture to raise funds for its refugee support programme (+ slideshow). More
Lakefront Austin home by Aamodt Plumb Architects is split into two wings
Aamodt Plumb Architects divided this prefabricated house in Texas into two wings to avoid felling a group of trees, covering one half in black-charred timber and the other in bright white stucco. More
Sadie Snelson Architects converts London warehouse into photographer's home and studio
Sadie Snelson Architects has transformed an east London warehouse into a live-work space for a photographer, featuring a folded steel staircase, a mezzanine and wall-mounted storage for bicycles (+ slideshow). More
Bell Phillips rolls out a model for public housing on six Greenwich sites
Hood-like roofs funnel natural light into these brick terraced houses in London by Bell Phillips Architects, which provide cost-effective homes for elderly and disabled residents (+ slideshow). More
Bartlett students create felt material that can be moulded into self-supporting chairs
Students at the Bartlett School of Architecture have developed a composite material using felt and resin that can be stitched together to create tubular furniture. More